Gigabyte GV-R80P256D Heat Problems?

emmi · Aug 21, 2004, 09:28 PM

Hello, I just recently bought the Gigabyte GV-R80P256D (X800 Pro) and im somewhat happy with it. I owned ATi 9800XT before which had the thermal monitor on it as well as overdrive. This card however has neither of those features. The problem I am having is what I think is related to heat. My 9800XT used to spin the fan up to a higher RPM when it got hotter but the fan on the Gigabyte spins the same all the time. So when I am playing FarCry at default settings (Low) the game freezes and sometime the computer also, it got alot better since I opened up the case lid so the heat could get out. I experienced no problems with my older card so I am asking you, especially those who have the exact card is this normal? Is the fan supposed to turn up RPM when more heat is coming from the gpu?

Thanks!

dobbs2010 · Aug 22, 2004, 02:09 PM

I was having the same problem with the exact same card. I was overclocking the card to 555/540 and Far Cry was crashing all the time usually within a couple of minutes. When I underclocked the card down to 540/540 farcry ran fine, so I to thought it was because of heat.

Using the new ATItool 0.21 there is an option to overide the speed of your fan. I overided my fan speed to 100% all the time and I can now run farcry at 555/540 no problem. According to ATItool I can now clock my core upto 570. However at this speed Far Cry just locks up my system or I get a VPU recovery if I turn this feature on. Strange thing is at 570 I do not get any atifacts at all and my card doesn't get any hotter than 65c under load, so I think it is a lack of core voltage.

Dobbs

Aug 21, 2004, 09:28 PM	#1
emmi Driverheaven Mirror Provider Join Date: May 2003 Location: Iceland Posts: 78 Rep Power: 0	Gigabyte GV-R80P256D Heat Problems? Hello, I just recently bought the Gigabyte GV-R80P256D (X800 Pro) and im somewhat happy with it. I owned ATi 9800XT before which had the thermal monitor on it as well as overdrive. This card however has neither of those features. The problem I am having is what I think is related to heat. My 9800XT used to spin the fan up to a higher RPM when it got hotter but the fan on the Gigabyte spins the same all the time. So when I am playing FarCry at default settings (Low) the game freezes and sometime the computer also, it got alot better since I opened up the case lid so the heat could get out. I experienced no problems with my older card so I am asking you, especially those who have the exact card is this normal? Is the fan supposed to turn up RPM when more heat is coming from the gpu? Thanks!

Aug 22, 2004, 02:09 PM	#2
dobbs2010 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	I was having the same problem with the exact same card. I was overclocking the card to 555/540 and Far Cry was crashing all the time usually within a couple of minutes. When I underclocked the card down to 540/540 farcry ran fine, so I to thought it was because of heat. Using the new ATItool 0.21 there is an option to overide the speed of your fan. I overided my fan speed to 100% all the time and I can now run farcry at 555/540 no problem. According to ATItool I can now clock my core upto 570. However at this speed Far Cry just locks up my system or I get a VPU recovery if I turn this feature on. Strange thing is at 570 I do not get any atifacts at all and my card doesn't get any hotter than 65c under load, so I think it is a lack of core voltage. Dobbs